Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Free market capitalism: Fortune 500 companies and privatized *prisons* - Mike Nova's starred items

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via NYT > Anders Behring Breivik by By ALAN COWELL on 4/22/12
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who openly boasted of killing 77 people, seemed to redefine the banality of evil, recast for our time into images of the mundane.


BBC News

Anders Behring Breivik to argue for sanity at Oslo trial
BBC News
Anders Behring Breivik is expected to return to the stand in his Oslo trial to argue that he is sane and should not be committed to a mental institution. Breivik has admitted killing 77 people in two attacks last July but denies criminal responsibility ...
Norway killer to refute insanity diagnosisBoston.com
Anders Breivik's Victims -- Also GuiltyHuffington Post

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Anders Behring Breivik Trial: Witnesses Recall Chaos After Norway Killer's Attack
Huffington Post
By KARL RITTER 04/24/12 06:49 PM ET OSLO, Norway — After testifying for five days, Anders Behring Breivik listened silently as others described the mayhem caused by his bombing of Oslo's government district, a scene one witness described as a "war ...

via prison psychiatry - Google Blog Search by Jack Powers on 4/25/12
Florida-based prison profiteer, GEO Group, is getting out of Mississippi. It leaves in its wake what one one federal judge called "a cesspool of unconstitutional and inhuman acts and conditions"at a youth correctional facility.


East Coast Rapist suspect claims split personality
Inside NoVA
According to the court documents, Thomas was hospitalized for mental health problems as a teen, and while being held at the Prince William-Manassas regional jail once cut his wrists and smeared the blood on the walls of his jail cell.

via NYT > Crime and Criminals by By ANDY NEWMAN on 4/23/12
A man with a gun hid in the bathroom and waited until the restaurant closed before forcing some workers into a freezer.

via prisons - Google Blog Search by Brett Chamberlin on 4/24/12
Marijuana arrests in New York are at an all-time high, with over 50000 arrests taking place last year -- and some people are very happy about that. Private.

via prisons - Google Blog Search by UTMB on 4/25/12
First, it's interesting that it's Fortune 500 companies leasing this prison labor at 'subprime wages' because it was recently reported (I posted about it below) that in 2011, Fortune 500 CEOs made 380 times more than the ...


Has the 'G-Spot' Been Confirmed at Last?
Philadelphia Inquirer
He said he plans to perform similar forensics on the bodies of women of various ages. If Ostrzenski and others can consistently reproduce the discovery, he said, "it may absolutely change our view of how the orgasm is created; it will change the ...

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